A tanker full of oil has been sitting near Hodeida since 2015, and has decayed to the point where it can't be repaired and will surely spill its cargo. That will poison life in the Red Sea, perhaps the whole of it.

The sensible thing to do would be to pump the oil into other ships and take it away. But the Houthis will not let the UN try.

What, I wonder, is their motive; what do they demand? Surely they don't want to poison the Red Sea — they live near it and must depend on fishing in it.

200 Democratic Convention delegates called for cutting aid to Israel if it goes ahead with Netanyahu's intention to annex part of Palestine. I don't think those 200 are a majority, but they are enough to be significant.

By analying skeletons from ancient Egypt, archeologists have discovered that the Hyksos, a group that ruled Egypt for a century, consisted of people who had arrived from various places in the Near East, over a period of time.

We could do similar studies on the territory of the United States if it were not for the NAGPRA law, which required reburying the collections of skeletons.

A corpse can serve two good purposes: organ transplantation and science. It is a shame to waste it. At least I have made sure — or as sure as is possible — that my corpse won't be wasted after I die.

(satire) *Melania Trump Figures It’s Time To Sit Barron Down And Tell Him He Was Bred For His Organs.*

The IMF is lending poor countries money "to deal with Covid-19" but actually they are using it to pay interest on private loans.

Those countries' debts will swallow their whole economies, turning their rising populations into debt slaves, unless we wipe out that debt.